Israel has pounded with artillery and launched airstrikes against 14 Syrian military positions in Golan Heights, holding Damascus responsible for failing to prevent a rocket attack on Israeli territory. In addition to Golan airstrikes by the Israeli military, unconfirmed reports emerged that the IDF also targeted Syrian 137th Regiment near Damascus. Source RT
Greece said on Tuesday it would move 2,000 asylum-seekers from the island of Lesbos to the mainland by the end of the month as pressure mounted on the government to ease overcrowding. Human rights groups and local authorities have criticized Greece for the poor conditions at the country’s biggest migrant camp, Moria, currently operating at almost three times its capacity. Source Daily Sabah
North Korea gave a warm welcome to South Korean President Moon Jae-in when he arrived at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport on Sept. 18. North Korean military gave their first gun salute to a South Korean leader, and the head of the honor guard referred to Moon as “Your Excellency Mr. President.” Source Hankyoreh
Hans-Georg Maassen is changing jobs. The move is a compromise between Social Democrats, who demanded Maassen’s removal, and conservative Interior Minister Horst Seehofer. Hans-Georg Maassen, the under-fire head of the domestic intelligence agency — formally known as the “Office for the Protection of the Constitution” (BfV) — will be stripped of his current job but gain a theoretically better one as a deputy head of the interior ministry. Source Deustche Welle
